Chinese Tattoos
 The Chinese have a highly
developed writing system that evolved at least 3000 years
ago with their ancient writing been found written on many
materials like bone, brass vessels or pottery and bamboo
strips!
Did you know that the Chinese writing system has no alphabet?
Rather it relies on a large number of symbols that represents
spoken concepts or ideas! Many people make the mistake of
thinking that a Chinese symbol is a pictograph. However this is
false belief and rather represents the entire spoken word.
Big
Mistake!
One of the biggest misconceptions in that when someone wants to
get their Chinese symbol tattooed on their skin they are
confident that they know what it means. This however may not
always be the case and one can end up with an embarrasing
tattoo!
So What Should I
Do?
Before rushing off to get the Chinese symbols tattooed on your
skin check with someone who can read and understand Chinese -
(our friend Yingying is a professional tattoo
artist)
Chinese Calligraphy is a
precise and articulate art and sometimes the small detailed
strokes can be missing in your tattoo design. The artistic
flair of your tattoo artist can turn your Chinese characters
into gibberish. Thats why we cannot stress the importance of an
accurate design that will save you hassle from the start.
Good To Know
Did you know that Chinese names are written in the reversed
order? This means your last name goes before your first! Your
western name is probably foreign to the Chinese language so
Chinese symbols will have to be picked out to pronounce your
name. But because there are no Chinese alphabets, you will have
to pick out the Chinese symbols that represent the
pronunciation of your name.
Nevertheless, Chinese symbol tattoos are very popular today
because they are really beautiful. And because most of us in
the Western Hemisphere cannot read Chinese, Chinese symbol
tattoos becomes an “exotic” form of expression.
And let’s face the fact that the real reason most guys probably
want a Chinese symbols tattoo is because they are usually
associated with martial arts or karate flicks.
To get your professional,
custom Chinese tattoo symbols designs today
click here
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